Today on Zoom We will be doing a Black History Month WOD from Afro Brutality, we are also releasing an adapted version Black History Month workout each day for free, written by Syn Martinez ( Founder of www.afrobrutality.com )
Please share with any adaptive athletes in the Sugar WOD program or Not.
Please try to login 10 minutes before if you need help scaling. Also we will be doing a warm up starting at 11:40 AM then straight in to the workout so if you do not have all the equipment needed for the workout no problem we will adjust before hand.
Date: Saturday February, 19, 2022
When: 11:30 AM Eastern Standard Time (WINTER daylight savings)
Zoom ID: 88114729857
Password: wheelwod
“March on Washington”
The March on Washington was a massive protest march that occurred in August 1963, when some 250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Also known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the event aimed to draw attention to continuing challenges and inequalities faced by African Americans a century after emancipation. It was also the occasion of Martin Luther King Jr.’s now-iconic “I Have a Dream” speech.
In 1963, in the wake of violent attacks on civil rights demonstrators in Birmingham, Alabama, momentum built for another mass protest on the nation’s capital.
With Randolph planning a march for jobs, and King and his Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) planning one for freedom, the two groups decided to merge their efforts into one mass protest.
That spring, Randolph and his chief aide, Bayard Rustin, planned a march that would call for fair treatment and equal opportunity for Black Americans, as well as advocate for passage of the Civil Rights Act (then stalled in Congress).
President John F. Kennedy met with civil rights leaders before the march, voicing his fears that the event would end in violence. In the meeting on June 22, Kennedy told the organizers that the march was perhaps “ill-timed,” as “We want success in the Congress, not just a big show at the Capitol.” Randolph, King and the other leaders insisted the march should go forward, with King telling the president: “Frankly, I have never engaged in any direct-action movement which did not seem ill-timed.”
JFK ended up reluctantly endorsing the March on Washington, but tasked his brother and attorney general, Robert F. Kennedy, with coordinating with the organizers to ensure all security precautions were taken. In addition, the civil rights leaders decided to end the march at the Lincoln Memorial instead of the Capitol, so as not to make members of Congress feel as if they were under siege.
Black History Wod:
“March on Washington”
Row One Min On One Min Off for 7 Rounds
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100 Thrusters 115/75
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Row One Min On One Min Off for 7 Rounds
Upper Impairment
Row One Min On One Min Off for 7 Rounds
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100 DB Thrusters 50/35
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Row One Min On One Min Off for 7 Rounds
Lower Impairment
Row One Min On One Min Off for 7 Rounds
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100 Thrusters 95/65 (AK 75/55 to box)
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Row One Min On One Min Off for 7 Rounds
Neuromuscular
Row One Min On One Min Off for 7 Rounds
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75 Box Thrusters 85/60 – Major 65/35
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Row One Min On One Min Off for 7 Rounds
Seated
Row One Min On One Min Off for 7 Rounds
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100 hang Clean & Press 75/45, S1- 65/35, Q-55/25
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Row One Min On One Min Off for 7 Rounds
Short Stature
Row One Min On One Min Off for 7 Rounds
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100 Thrusters 65/45
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Row One Min On One Min Off for 7 Rounds
Sensory
Row One Min On One Min Off for 7 Rounds
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100 Thrusters 95/65
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Row One Min On One Min Off for 7 Rounds
